> > ...I had a player (an Orlanthi priest) hurling hail down on his
> > enemies: should their armor help protect them in this contest?
>
> Any physical impact should be affected by armour...I would
> definitely have allowed it against hail.
If this is the case, should hail have an implicit weapon rank? The player was a little miffed, I think, at the idea that an ordinary sword (^3) would cause more damage than the hail he was unleashing in the name or Orlanth (^0).
In game balance terms, the armour rank is normally counterbalanced to some degree by the attacking weapon rank. If magic has no attacking rank but is stopped by the armour rank, that makes it somewhat weak for direct attacks. And hail seemed to me like a fairly practical direct attack.
> > ...when it's the *cliff*'s turn to act, I'm not really sure how
> > many AP it should bid. I went with the default bid (3 AP)...
>
> This one was discussed in detail lately.... 3AP is a bit low- as
> soon as you're high enough to get hurt falling, the bid should be
> at least 7AP, since that's the amount needed to cause a Wound.
Thanks: that's exactly the sort of scale I was looking for. I'll review the archives and try to find that discussion.
ta,
doug
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